Tractor



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TRACTOR 2 SheetsSheet 2 Filed Aug 11, 1924 Patented Dec. 8, 1925. l

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SIDNEY B. lWrmrfos Larsen, MICHIGAN.

TRAo'ron Application filed August 11, 1924. Serial No. 731,351.

To LZZ whom Mn/ly concern:

Be it known that l, Snnssr B. WnzN, a. citizen of the l'nited States, residing at Lapeer, in. the county of Lapeer and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tractors, of which thel following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

vThis invention relates to motor haulage vehicles such as of the type generally known as tractors wherein, particularly under the progress restricting influence of heavy loads or trailers, a tendenc towards the lifting of the front wheels o the vehicle from the ground isoften very marked; and the object d.of-'this invention is to obtain. greater stability in such vehicles.

The primar eflbrt in all motor vehicles driven throng the rear axle is to effect the rotation of the vehicle about the rear axle, -the'actual propulsion of the vehicle being secondary, and this tendency often manitests itself in 'transmission through the frame to the front axle and Wheels, bringing about the undesirable lifting referred to. By my said invention, therefore, I propose to provide for, the absorbing or damping of the force of, such primary effort instead of its transmission through the frame to the Wheels whereby thcfundesirable eiiect of the same will be overcome.

A further object is the provision of 'a novel combination of chassis 'frame and objects by the provision in a motor vehicle of a chassis -frame the forward end of which and carries the engine and -other equipment usually supported thereby, and the rear end of which is raised to pass over a transmission housing the forward end of which is yieldingly suspended from said frame, the said rear end of the frame being mounted transmission housing adapted to accomplish' the mannerheretofore commonly employe is mounted on the front axle of the vehicle, f

on the rear axle and carrying means-for the attachment of a trailer thereto. Aill oli which is more particularly described and ascertained hereinafter, by 'way of example, having reerence to the acco lpanyi'ng draw- 69 ings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a motor vehicle embodying the said v invention;

Figure 2 is a plan of the same,- the cab being omitted, and

Fi ure Sis a transverse section taken on the line 3-- X, Figure 2.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar .parts in the several gures of the drawings.

In this example l is the chassis frame comprising an' upper rear part 2 and a fois ward dropped part 3 connected together at their adjacent ends by upright members e, the forward part 3 supporting the engine 5 "V5 by virtue of abutments 6 entering an extension. 7 of a casting 8 attached to the crank case 9 of the said engine and 'shafts l0 enten ing the ends l1 of a yoke 12 on the forward end of the engine, the said iront part oi the se frame bein mounted upon the axle 13 of the front w eels 14 and the rear part upon the axle 15 of the rear wheels 16.

The said rear and raised part 2 of the chassis frame .is shown as forming the support for the fifth wheel 1'? upon which the forward end of a trailer (part of which is shown in dotted lines) may be rotatably supported and secured to the shackle or coupling member 18, the Weight of the forward end oLthe said trailer being supported by the said rear part 2 of the said chassis frame.

19 indicates the transmission housing, and ordinarily the primary eort hereinbeore '95 referred to will be transmitted through the frame to the front axle when the said heusing is directly mounted inthe frame' and thereby associated with the' front axle 1m y my im roved construction l sus end the orwar end ofthe said housing rom the frame by providing such forward end with a casting 20 having laterally projecting arms 2l. which are carried by bolts 25 in the'manner shown in the drawings wherein 24 are angle pieces carried by 'the said uprights 4 and interposed between the springs 22 and 23 the saidbolts 25 extending upwardly through the arms, springs seid midesixfzible iing thereef.

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